In the middle of the night, an albatross rests on its single, precious egg. But the great bird is disturbed by the approach of webbed feet padding in the darkness. The albatross stands to defend its ...

The largest flying birds in the world have wingspans of up to 3.5m; discover the five biggest, plus where they live and what ...

THESE giant baby birds aren’t potty-training, but waiting to grow strong enough to travel. They bide their time on towering nests meant to keep them safe. The Chatham albatross (Thalassarche eremita) ...

Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous ‘toothed’ bird that lived for a period of about 60 ...

Birds are often synonymous with grace, elegance and agility. But one clumsy albatross might have just ruined this illusion. In a live stream shared online, a northern royal albatross in New Zealand ...

Antarctica is otherworldly – breathtakingly beautiful, and yet so alien, frozen, and unforgiving that it is hard to imagine surviving there. Author and explorer Jon Krakauer has said of it, ...